Members of the varsity baseball team will shave their heads Feb. 16 at O’Malley Field to promote fundraising to fight pediatric cancer in honor of Chris “Beebop” Robinson ’13, who died of leukemia in November 2011.

The team has been collecting donations through a website and will have met and most likely surpassed the original $5,000 goal by then.However, they are keeping the last possible date for donations open until April 1.

The team is raising money for the Vs. Cancer foundation.

For every dollar they raise, 50 percent will go to the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, and the other 50 percent will go to national cancer research.

The team will start selling wristbands today in the quad and will continue selling them until they run out.

Each of the orange wristbands costs $5 and must be paid for in cash.

The outside of the wristband says “strikeout leukemia” while the inside commemorates Robinson with his name.

Baseball coach Matt LaCour introduced the idea to varsity player Austin Schoff ’13 at the beginning of the season.

Schoff started working with Vs. Cancer foundation head Chase Jones, a former Stage IV brain cancer patient and University of North Carolina baseball player, to plan the fundraiser. On Jan. 23, the two opened the online fundraising page.

“During his battle [Chris] showed incredible fortitude,” Schoff said. “My goal with this fundraiser is not only to reach our goal, but to spread awareness and make sure nobody has to go through the fight that Chris went through for two years.”

Visit www.stayclassy.org/fundraise/team?ftid=20068 to donate to the cause.